STARBASE MINNESOTA – ST. PAUL
STARBASE MINNESOTA – ST. PAUL
STARBASE MINNESOTA
ST. PAUL
STARBASE MINNESOTA – ST. PAUL
STARBASE MINNESOTA – ST. PAUL
1. Verify participation information
Please note that your school will be assigned a number of teams based on accurate student numbers. Please see step 6 for more information about number of STARBASE teams and information about how to group students. Please avoid grouping students by academic ability or behavior.
Dates:
Time at STARBASE: to
Number of Students in YOUR Class:
Total Number of Graders:
2. Schedule Transportation
Use the departure and arrival times below to schedule transportation. The departure time assumes a 30 minute travel time to STARBASE. Please schedule an earlier departure time as needed to arrive at STARBASE on time. The address to the MN Air National Guard base front gate is: 607 Minuteman Dr, St. Paul, MN 55111. After checking in at the front gate the bus driver will receive further directions to the STARBASE building. See STARBASE Program Resources for information about funding transportation.
Depart School:
Arrive at STARBASE:
Depart STARBASE:
3. Provide STARBASE with Transportation Contact Information and Details
Please send the following information to info@starbasemn.org as soon as you confirm your transportation to STARBASE.
Transportation contact information. This is required so STARBASE can contact the transportation or charter office and obtain bus driver security information, preventing delays at the front gate.
Confirmation number or trip number. This is helpful in case the bus is late arriving at STARBASE for drop-off or pick-up.
4. Mandatory - Conduct STARBASE Preparation Lesson, Choose Callsigns, Make Nametags
This 20 minute lesson will prepare your students for STARBASE and help them choose callsigns. Please enter student callsigns when into the online student form. See step 6. Use the nametag template to make nametags prior to STARBASE.
5. Print, distribute and collect STARBASE permission slips
All student must have a signed STARBASE permission slip in order to attend the first day, no exceptions. Please bring the signed permission slips with you to STARBASE on the first day and give them to your STARBASE instructor.
STARBASE Permission Slip and Parent Letter - English
STARBASE Permission Slip and Parent Letter - Spanish
6. Submit Student Information.
Deadline:
The following information must be entered for each student:
7. Divide students into STARBASE teams.
Please avoid grouping students based on academic abilities or behavior. Students may be regrouped at STARBASE if this occurs. Please note that the number of teams is subject to change based on changes to student enrollment. Please see below for more details regarding how to divide students into teams.
The graders from your school will be divided into
teams
Divide students into the number of teams shown above. Please divide students into teams of equal numbers, unless you receive an email from STARBASE with other directions for group size. Please avoid grouping students based on academic abiliities or behavior, based on our experience with the thousands of students who participate in STARBASE each year, these types of groups are less successful at STARBASE than balanced groups.
8. Submit Security Information for all adults by the deadline, NO EXCEPTIONS.
Deadline:
Classroom teachers are required to attend STARBASE each day. STARBASE requires one adult per day, per STARBASE team. This may include school personnel or parent chaperones (limited to 7 parent chaperones per school). All adults must be approved in advance and STARBASE cannot accept security information after the deadline above, due to base security requirements. If there are school teaching staff who are not US citizens, please contact STARBASE immediately for more information and what documentation will be required to process their information. Please submit security information for all school staff within 10 business days of your STARBASE experience. Criminal background checks will be perfomed on all adults submitted. The following information is required for all adults who are US citizens:
Classroom teachers MUST enter their security information using the Security Form link on their personalized website (name at the top). All other adults including school personnel and parent chaperones can be entered using the Security Form on any Classroom Teacher website.
Security Form (The form will open on a new browser window)
9. Request Bag Lunches
Lunch Notes: Lunches should be in boxes or baskets and grouped by STARBASE team. If not boxed by STARBASE team, students should carry individual lunches, along with their water bottle. No refrigeration is available at STARBASE. No microwave is available for students or adults. There is no food available for purchase at STARBASE. Please tell all school personnel and parent chaperones to pack a lunch.
STARBASE programming is free to schools with schools providing transportation. Please speak to your principal regarding transportation funding. Please use the STARBASE Transportation Toolkit created by graduate students at Bethel University for additional resources for transportation funding.
STARBASE Minnesota Transportation Funding Toolkit
STARBASE Program Description and Standards Alignment
STEM Pathways Booklet (English) – All students will receive a booklet to take home during the STARBASE program. This booklet includes daily journaling and Clubhouse activities that students can do at home. Students earn buttons as they complete Clubhouse activities. If students lose their booklet, use this link to download and print a new copy. A Spanish version is also available upon request or can be downloaded and printed using the link. STEM Pathways Booklet Spanish
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